diane douglas

Northwest Leadership Foundation develops a new generation

of leaders for lasting, positive change within the city of Tacoma. NLF

finds talented individuals in overlooked places with undeveloped

leadership potential.

Carol Milgard Breast Center’s mission is to

provide sustainable breast health services to all

women in our community.

“We want African Americans to take charge of their own health

and move the needle on the data we’ve seen.

One of the critical indicators for us is that community activists

are working directly with health care professionals, and they

both have ownership of addressing health care disparities.

When those two groups see themselves walking hand in hand

to address this issue, I think we will have achieved something

really great.”

In partnership with The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, The Boeing

Company, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The Seattle Foundation, and

National Conference on Citizenship

What do we mean by civic health?

A community’s capacity

to work together to

resolve

collective problems

Why is it important?

Strong civic health positively

affects

• Local GDP

• Economic resilience

• Upward income

mobility

• Public health

• Student achievement

How does greater Seattle rank?

Our region has

• Vibrant civic

institutions

• Active voters

• Innovative social

• entrepreneurs

• A strong culture of

volunteerism and

philanthropy

But…the “Seattle Freeze” is real

What can we do to improve

greater Seattle’s civic health?

Civic Knowledge• Make education our most important civic health investment.

• Close the achievement gap.

“Civic engagement and volunteering is

the new hybrid health club

for the 21st century—

it's free to join and miraculously improves

both your health and the community's

through the work performed

and the social ties built.”

--Harvard Kennedy School, The Saguaro Seminar

• Leverage the power of networks and hubs to foster

connectivity.

Civic Connection

Civic Trust• Bring residents and leaders together for productive dialogue

and decision making.

Civic Action• As a health care professional, how can you include civic health as a metric in

your work?

• What support do you need?

• Who are your natural allies and potential partners?

And as a neighbor, how can you build our community’s

social capital and civic health?

• Improve civic health as a way to strengthen economic, social, educational and public health outcomes.

• Ensure that every resident has the opportunity to contribute to and benefit from our civic health.

seattlecityclub.org

ddouglas@seattlecityclub.org

Snohomish County Health Leadership Coalition